Do or die time for Phil.
So when Rose was put back in the room, someone left the door open. Up the pathway trudged a beaten Mickelson. He walked up to the patio, asked someone where he needed to go and was directed to go straight. Mickelson walked to the open door, expecting to be allowed in.
A man in a red shirt shut it in his face.
"Sorry," a USGA official said. "That's where the champion is."